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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Mar 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted Amy Coopes

      I'm only going to say this once more, so let me be very clear: HERD IMMUNITY IS NOT NOW, NOR WILL IT EVER BE, A CORONAVIRUS 'PREVENTION' TACTIChttps://twitter.com/coopesdetat/status/1239502176466042880 …

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      Amy CoopesVerified account @coopesdetat
      Amazed to see that Bevan has, since leaving our shores for the motherland, acquired a medical degree and the piercing insights contained herein. Ignore the public health, epidemiology and medical types, Boris Johnson is definitely onto something #COVID19 https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/herd-immunity-why-britain-is-actually-letting-the-coronavirus-spread-20200315-p54a5h.html …
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Mar 2020

      If ~70% of a population gets sick (the number required for #herdimmunity to take hold), you've already lost the battle a long time ago

      6 replies 14 retweets 38 likes
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    3. vaccine sommelier‏ @emergency_dave 16 Mar 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      How does the rise in cases stop before then? Isn't herd immunity at the end of all of these curves, no matter how flat they are? Australia isn't a closed system and we can't keep a 14 day quarantine on all visits forever. It's going to keep coming back isn't it?

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    4. vaccine sommelier‏ @emergency_dave 16 Mar 2020
      Replying to @emergency_dave @GidMK

      People talk about this like it's going to last months but I can't see how it's less than a year or two of at least intermittent quarantine measures. Am I wrong?

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Mar 2020
      Replying to @emergency_dave

      Quarantine will probably only last a few months. At a certain point, isolation and quarantine become less important once the containment phase is well and truly over

      9:36 PM - 16 Mar 2020
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        2. vaccine sommelier‏ @emergency_dave 16 Mar 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          But all still have a large non- immune population and the disease will still be out there. Won't it start up again exactly the same?

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 16 Mar 2020
          Replying to @emergency_dave

          Potentially. I suspect there'll be a phased step-up once initial containment is finished

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